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J. SQUIRES. COLLAR.

Patented. Mar. 10, 1-885.

UNITED STATES I?ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SQUIRES, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,547, dated March10, 1885.

Application filed February 18, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SQUIRES, of the city of Troy, county ofBensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Apparel-Collars, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to collars for ladies wear, and is applicableeither to stand-up collars or to rolling collars, either of which stylesmay have the cape of the cape collar attached; and it consists inconstructing a collar by inserting in its band a series of separatestrips, composed as will hereinafter be described, the ends of whichstrips shall extend above the said band, the strips being inserted in acontinuous row, which row shall, for all practical purposes, constitutethe body of the collar.

My object in effecting this invention is to produce, in the case of thestand-up collar, acollar that can be spread out at the top by pushingback the projecting ends of the separate strips, thereby affordinggreater freedom for the neck, or, in the case of a rolling collar, tofurnish a collar that can be turned over at the top with the greatestfacility,after it is fastened around the neck,by turning down theprojecting ends of the separate strips.

My drawings show both a stand-up and a rolling collar; but as it isobvious that these may have the ordinary cape of the cape-collarattached I do not show any cape, as I make no claim to any part of thecape of a collar in combination or otherwise.

Accompanying and forming a part of this specification is one (1) platecontaining four (4) figures illustrating my invention, in all of whichthe same designation of parts by letterreference is used.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a stand-up collar, S representing theseparate strips, B the band of the collar, and A the face of the strips.Fig. 2 is a perspective of a rolling collar, S representing the separatestrips, B the band, and A the face of the strips, the parts beingprecisely as in Fig. 1, save that the band, while made in the samemanner, is somewhat broader in Fig. 2 than in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a planview of one of the separate strips S before being doubled and stitched,A being the linen face, the edges of which are folded 1ongitudinallyover the ply 0. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the separate strips Sdoubled and stitched around three of its edges and ready for insertionin the band B.

The separate strips S, which are inserted in the band of the collar, areformed by folding the edges of a long piece of linen of the properwidth, which forms the face of the strips, longitudinally over one ormore plies, dividing this combination-strip into pieces of the requiredlength, as shown in Fig. 3, doubling these pieces separately in such away as to leave the linen face A outside, and stitching the two halvestogether around the edges of three of their sides, as shown in Fig. 4.In this condition the unstitched edge of the strip is inserted betweenthe pieces forming the lace and back of the band and stitchedpermanently into place.

It will be seen that the difference between Figs. 1 and 2 is one ofdegree only, consisting, as it does, merely in the difference of thewidth of the band.

I do not limit myself to the width of the bands as shown by my drawings,nor to the width or number of the separate stripsas so shown, as bothbands and strips may be made of varying widthsto meet the demands of thetrade.

Having thus described myinvention,whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The improved apparel collar herein described, consisting of a base-bandand a series of independent pieces set in the band side by side, withtheir vertical or adjacent edges disjoined, and having their basessecured to the band by a line of stitches, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day ofFebruary, 1884:.

JOHN SQUIRES. Witnesses:

O. W. PALMER, HORACE L. Bronze.

